Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1940-1944, Part 28

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 968


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I have made frequent inspections of the sanitary conditions of all school buildings and found them to be in accord with the requirements of the Board of Health.


The Diphtheria Clinic was held at the Town Hall in May and June of this year, under the direction and cooperation of the Board of Health, and assisted by Mrs. Lillian Hewitt, I gave three inoculations three weeks apart, of Diphtheria Toxin-Anti- toxin, to forty-seven children; the results obtained were satis- factory.


The Board of Health has requested seventeen physical- X-ray examinations be made at the Plymouth County Hospital in South Hanson, and one new case of tuberculosis has been reported.


A. O. BELMORE, M. D. Health Officer. JAMES A. HEMENWAY, Ch. JOSEPH B. PORTER, Clerk WILLIAM W. NOYES


Board of Health.


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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES


REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1941


Balance Outstanding January 1, 1943


$28.41


Tax Title Takings 1


28.41


PERSONAL - 1941


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


38.39


Payments to Treasurer


$19.43


Abatements


18.96


38.39


POLL - 1942


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


14.00


Payments to Treasurer


6.00


Abatements


8.00


14.00


PERSONAL - 1942


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


1,416.80


Payments


1,341.42


Abatements


4.20


1,345.62


Balance Outstanding December 31, 1943


71.18


REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1942


Balance Outstanding January 1, 1943


15,446.77


Payments


15,405.72


Abatements


4.76


Tax Title Takings


36.29


15,446.77


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POLL - 1943


Commitment per Warrants Refunded


2,296.00


2.00


2,298.00


Payments


1,882.00


Abatement


412.00


2,294.00


Balance Outstanding December 31, 1943


4.00


PERSONAL - 1943


Commitment per Warrants


12,024.12


Payments


10,718.75


Abatements


60.90


10,779.65


Balance Outstanding December 31, 1943


1,244.47


REAL ESTATE TAXES - 1943


Commitment per Warrants


83,299.48


Refunded


28.00


83,327.48


Payments


69,125.76


Abatements


633.64


Tax Title Takings


355.02


70,114.42


Balance Outstanding, December 31, 1943


13,213.06


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX - 1941


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


20.60


Payments


15.81


Abatements


2.00


17.81


Balance Outstanding, December 31, 1943 2.79


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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX - 1942


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


359.15


Subsequent Commitment per Warrants


10.00


369.15


Payments


282.55


Abatements


81.86


364.41


Balance Outstanding, December 31, 1943


4.74


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX - 1943


Commitment per Warrants


5,953.99


Refunds


17.02


5,971.01


Payments


5,558.75


Abatements


95.22


5,653.97


Balance Outstanding, December 31, 1943


317.04


WATER RATES & SERVICES - 1943


Balance Outstanding January 1, 1943


2,254.55


Commitment per Warrants


14,981.84


17,236.39


Payments


13,969.22


Abatement


52.40


Water Lien Added to Real Estate, 1943


695.84


14,717.46


Balance Outstanding December 31, 1943


2,518.93


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WATER LIEN ADDED TO REAL ESTATE - 1943


Balance Outstanding, January 1, 1943


695.84 Payments 424.09 Water Lien Added to Tax Title


15.00


439.09


Balance Outstanding, December 31, 1943


256.75


WATER LIENS ADDED TO REAL ESTATE - 1942 Balance Outstanding January 1, 1943 290.33


Payments 290.33


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REPORT OF ASSESSORS


Total Appropriations at Annual Town Meeting March 8, 1943


Appropriations at Special Town Meetings


$168,202.95 None


Total Appropriations made since 1942 rate was fixed


168,202.95


State Tax 1943


2,750.00 .


State Parks and Reservations Tax 1943


93.15


State Audit of Municipal Accounts


269.00


County Tax 1943


5,161.91


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment


2,092.32


Overlay


3,867.22


Total Amount to be raised


182,436.55


Less Total Estimated Receipts


46,822.95


135,613.60


Less Amounts Taken from Available Funds


38,000.00


97,613.60


Less Poll Taxes (1145 at $2.00)


2,290.00


NET Amount to be raised by Taxes on Property


95,323.60


Property Taxes Assessed Subsequently


None


Poll Taxes Assessed Subsequently


6.00


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TABLE OF AGGREGATES


Number of Persons, Partnerships, Corporations, etc., assessed:


On Personal Estate Only


52


On Real Estate Only


929


On Both Personal and Real Estate


135


Total Number Assessed


1,116


Number of Male Polls Assessed


1,145


Value of Assessed Personal Estate:


Stock in trade


$12,950.00


Machinery


35,800.00


Live Stock


102,374.00


All other Tangible Personal Property


278,309.00


Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate


429,433.00


Value of Assessed Real Estate:


Land


670,930.00


Buildings


2,304,050.00


Total Value of Assessed Real Estate


2,974,980.00


Total Value of All Assessed Property


3,404,413.00


Tax Rate per $1000.00


28.00


Tax for all purposes spread as follows:


On Polls


2,290.00


On Personal Estate


12,024.12


On Real Estate


83,299.48


Total Taxes Assessed


97,613.60


Number of Horses Assessed


74


Number of Cows Assessed


736


Number of Yearlings, Bulls and Heifers Assessed


133


Number of Swine Assessed 25


88


Number of Sheep Assessed


4


Number of Fowl Assessed


32,619


Number of Goats Assessed


24


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


9,020


Number of Dwellings Assessed


909


EXEMPTED PROPERTY


REAL ESTATE


Trustees of the Howard Funds in West


Bridgewater


$107,250.00


Old Bridgewater Historical Society


15,500.00


Baptist Society


6,700.00


Methodist Episcopal Society


8,325.00


Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston


24,100.00


Sunset Avenue Congregational Society


4,700.00


Unitarian Society


13,500.00


Cemeteries (Privately owned)


4,540.00


Town Hall and Lot


15,500.00


Fire Station


2,000.00


Highway Building and Lot


9,500.00


Library


3,400.00


School Department (Land and Buildings) Parks


8,800.00


Cemeteries (Town Owned)


600.00


Various Lots owned by Town


5,265.00


Property of the Commonwealth


2,523.00


Total Value of Exempted Real Estate


$298,303.00


PERSONAL PROPERTY


Trustees of the Howard Funds in West Bridgewater $7,000.00


Old Bridgewater Historical Society 8,000.00


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66,100.00


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Town of West Bridgewater:


Water Department


152,000.00


Fire Department


15,000.00


Library


8,000.00


School Department


7,000.00


Highway Department


4,000.00


Town Hall and Offices


3,000.00


Moth Department


2,000.00


Police Department


500.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


250.00


Tree Warden


100.00


Total Value Exempted Personal Property


$206,850.00


Total Value All Exempted Property


$505,153.00


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


NO. OF CARS


VALUE


EXCISE


1942 M.V.E. Committed


February 25, 1943


5


$ 780.


$ 10.00


1st Commitment March 1, 1943


183


33,110.


1,206.31


2nd Commitment April 8, 1943


584


76,950.


2,808.65


3rd Commitment April 9, 1943


120


23,850.


853.95


4th Commitment Sept. 13, 1943


194


25,800.


799.69


5th Commitment Oct. 18, 1943


61


6,840.


147.07


6th Commitment Dec. 20, 1943


63


8,200.


138.32


1210


$175,530.


$5,963.99


Average Assessed Value per Car Average Excise per Car


$145.06


$4.93


ROBERT G. DEAN WILLIAM W. PHILLIPS ALBERT A. HOWARD Board of Assessors.


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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


In compliance with the requirements of the law I herewith submit my report of the work done by me as sealer of weights and measures for the year 1943.


I have visited all the various places in town known to have weighing or measuring devices and have tested and sealed or condemned the same.


Adjusted Sealed Condemned


Platform Scales


4


22


2


Counter Scales


5


Beam Scales


3


Spring Scales


5


29


1


Computing Scales


4


Person Weigher


1


Avoirdupois Weights


63


Vehicle Tanks


1


Liquid Measures


13


1


Gasoline Meters


13


Kerosene Pumps


2


Oil Measuring Pumps


2


Quantity Measures on Pumps


3


Fees Collected $30.15


DOUGLAS EATON


Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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REPORT OF SELECTMEN


We have been faced during the year 1943 with continued restrictions due to the national effort to win the war. Your Board of Selectmen has tried to cooperate in every respect with State and Federal authorities.


Post war planning has been given careful consideration and several projects have been reported to the Massachusetts Public Works Planning Committee.


The roads of the town are not in as good condition as we would like, but we have done our best with the material . we could obtain. There were no funds allotted by the State for Chapter 90, new construction this year and probably there will be none available until the end of the war.


The Board wishes to express its appreciation for the fine cooperation it has received from the various departments and the citizens of the town.


Signed


JAMES A. HEMENWAY JOSEPH B. PORTER WILLIAM W. NOYES Selectmen of West Bridgewater.


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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Department of Corporations and Taxation


Division of Accounts


State House, Boston January 24, 1944


To the Board of Selectmen


Mr. James A. Hemenway, Chairman West Bridgewater, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of West Bridgewater, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1943, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours,


THEODORE N. WADDELL,


Director of Accounts.


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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I hereby submit my report for the year 1943.


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Payments


$3,131.91


Court fines returned to the Town


$1,569.60


Stolen property recovered


$ 398.75


Complaints and Investigations


158


Automobile Violations


289


Automobile Violations turned over to Registry


30


Automobile Violations on file


151


The following cases were disposed of according to the case.


Automobile violators of executive order number 35, 40 and 55 75


Operating under the influence of liquor


5


Operating so as to endanger


6


Operating uninsured car


1


Operating unregistered car


1


Operating without a license


1


Operating without a license or registration


1


No periodic inspection sticker


16


Failing to stop at stop sign


1


Failing to slow at intersection


1


Illegitimacy


1


Violation of probation


5


94


Assault and battery


1


Delinquency


2


Drunkenness


9


Leaving scene of accident without making self known after causing property damage


1


No support


3


Neglect of minor children


2


Setting fires


1


Breaking and entering and larceny


4


Larceny in a building


11


Maliciously breaking of windows


5


Maliciously breaking and entering and destroying property


6


Runaway from home


3


Persons escaped from State Hospital apprehended


1


Persons escaped from Bridgewater State Farm ap- prehended


2


MISCELLANEOUS


Automobile accidents


24


Automobile accidents, persons killed


1


Automobile accidents, persons injured, taken to doctor


4


Automobile accidents, persons injured, taken to doctor and then hospital


5


Motorcycle accidents, persons killed


1


Automobile and bicycle accident


1


Automobile and bicycle accident, persons injured, taken to doctor and hospital


1


Persons injured, caused by runaway horse, taken to hospital


1


Persons ill taken to hospital


8


Persons committed suicide


1


Persons reported missing and located


3


Persons lost in woods located


3


95


Fire alarms answered by police


71


Number plates returned to Registry 4


Summons served for other Departments 18


9


Investigations with other Departments Emergency communications delivered Defective light tickets given out


9


75


Investigations made out of Town


3


Arrest made out of Town 4


Hazards in roads reported


3


Children removed from home due to neglect


7


Automobile transfer papers given out and received


72


The police car has travelled 38,239 miles in performance of duty.


Due to the State police changing their radio from A. M. to F. M. frequency, the Town was obliged to buy a new receiving set or being tied in with Brockton police-the latter being done, at the same time having a transmitter installed which is an asset to the Town as well as to the Police department.


I sincerely wish to express my thanks and appreciation to the Selectmen and to all others who have co-operated with the Department.


I sincerely wish to express my thanks and appreciation to · the Auxiliary Police Department for its past and present co- operation.


DOUGLAS EATON,


Chief of Police.


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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit my annual report of the West Bridge- water Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1943.


VALUE LOSSES AND INSURANCE PAID


Assessor's value of buildings $35,700.00


Insurance on buildings 37,650.00


Insurance paid on buildings 5,955.00


Estimated value on contents


19,525.00


Insurance on contents


13,300.00


Estimated loss on contents


920.00


Insurance paid on contents


739.00


CALLS ANSWERED


Frame buildings


26


Grassland (91/4 acres)


25


Brush and Woodland (8 acres)


27


Automobiles


3


Dumps


2


Lost persons


2


Aid calls


1


Women and children locked out


1


Inhalator


1


Building full of smoke-no fire


2


97


Haystack


1


Rubbish


1


Total calls answered


92


PERMITS


Oil Burner 6


Gas Storage


2


Open Air Fires


143


ATTENTION - STATE LAW


All fires in open air require a written permit from the Chief of the Fire Department. No permits issued during the months of April and May except on rainy days.


Rules and regulations of Department of Public Safety, Sec- tion 4, Chapter 148.


"No fuel oil burners shall be installed and no fuel oil in ex- cess of ten (10) gallons shall be kept or stored in any building or other structure without a written permit having been obtained from the Marshall, providing that if building is used for habita- tion, such permit must be obtained from the Head of the Fire Department."


The Department has traveled 4981/2 miles, pumped 381/5 hours, laid 20,625 feet booster hose, 4,750 feet of 21/2 inch hose, 700 feet of 11/2 inch hose, raised 492 feet of ladders and used 75 gallons chemical.


APPARATUS


One 500 gallon triple combination Buffalo Equipment on Diamond T chassis, purchased in 1937.


One Maxim 500 gallon triple combination purchased in 1924.


One Chevrolet combination with 120 gallon water tank and


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pump used to extinguish grass and woods fires. Built in 1938 by the Fire Department. .


One twelve foot boat and trailer presented to the Town by the American Legion for emergencies.


CALL FORCE


The Call Force consists of one chief, one acting deputy chief, one captain, one acting captain, sixteen privates and five forest fire wardens.


Members in Armed Services-Raymond Keith and John Burke.


FIRE ALARM AND EMERGENCY SIGNAL


Siren and tapper system tested daily except Sundays.


FIRE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE


CHIEF 4137 STATION 4137


CAUSES OF FIRES THIS YEAR


Sixty-five per cent of fires this year about equally divided between the following causes: Dirty or defective chimneys, care- lessness with open-air fires, children and matches, incendiary and smoking.


Thirty-five per cent by defective fire-places, short circuits, sparks from heaters, hot ashes in wooden containers, over-heated stoves, smokepipes too near wood-work, static spark and lightning.


Now is a good time to look your house over.


If you are one of the many that sleep above the first floor with only one stairway, what would you do if you awoke in the night with escape by the stairs cut off with smoke or fire? Would you rather lower your family by a rope or take a chance and jump?


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A traveling man carried a rope in his suit case for over twenty years before using it; he was one of a very few who es- caped from a large hotel in Chicago when it was destroyed by fire. Don't say it can't happen here; it is happening somewhere while you are reading this report.


To keep your fire losses small call your fire department im- mediately on discovering a fire in a building, grassland or woodland.


I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others, who have in any way helped the Fire Department.


To the members of the Department I want to say thanks for your cooperation and good work.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD L. BOURNE,


Chief of Fire Department.


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REPORT OF COMMISSARY


In accordance with provisions of Federal, State and muni- cipal agreements, the Commissaries were discontinued as of June 30, 1943. For the present, government surplus commodities are diverted chiefly to the armed forces and to our allies.


During the first six months of 1943 the local Commissary distributed the following amounts of food and clothing.


FOOD


Fresh:


. Apples


3935


Lbs.


Tangerines


2870


Lbs.


Canned:


Milk


3624


Cans


Cereal:


Corn Meal


5832


Lbs.


Graham Flour


34421/4 Lbs.


Rolled Oats


2688


Lbs.


Wheat Flour


6419


Lbs.


Dried:


Beans


1076


Lbs.


CLOTHING


Approximately 500 articles of clothing were given out to certified recipients.


We are grateful to our sponsors and patrons for their fine


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cooperation, sorry that this division no longer exists to be of service but glad that additional power can be applied to the war effort.


CHARLOTTE L. WILLIAMS,


Supervisor.


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


TRUSTEES


Elected


Term Expires


*Daniel J. Lothrop


1941


1944


Jane Bartlett


1942


1944


Ada M. Wood


1942


1945


Basil M. Soule


1942


1945


*Louis P. Hayden


1943


1946


Martha B. Mason


1943


1946


*Robert G. Dean appointed to fill unexpired term of Louis P. Hayden.


*Winfield C. Leavitt appointed to fill unexpired term of Daniel J. Lothrop.


BOOK COMMITTEE


Martha B. Mason


Ada M. Wood


Jane Bartlett


Basil M. Soule


EXECUTIVE OFFICER Basil M. Soule


.


Librarian's Report


To the Trustees of the Public Library:


We find that our circulation for the year remains about the


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same as last year. We note, as do most libraries through the state a slightly smaller circulation of books due to the many persons working who do not have the leisure for reading, the changes in school hours and continued curtailment in use of cars. Our two voluntary branches, in the North End and in Jerusalem show a circulation of over 500 books for the year.


The improvements for the year were new shelves added in one of the smaller rooms.


We have had numerous gifts of books and several sets of books by standard authors.


A very splendid and beautiful addition is a book-case left to the Library by the late Mrs. Jane Thorpe Dunbar; also a panel picture illustrating a favorite poem written by Mrs. Dunbar.


The staff attended the Boston Book Fair and the Fall meet- ing of the Old Colony Library Club at North Plymouth.


Death has again taken one of our trustees, Mr. Daniel J. Lothrop, who became a trustee in 1911, and was elected chair- man to succeed Rev. E. B. Maglathlin in November 1916.


We are also sorry to have the resignation from the Board of Trustees of Mr. Louis P. Hayden who has moved out of town.


The staff remains the same and will continue to serve to the best of our ability.


Respectfully submitted,


JEAN M. MURDOCK, Librarian.


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STATISTICS 1943


Circulation


Adult Fiction


10,975


Adult Non-Fiction


2,088


Juvenile Books


7,860


Magazines


2,935


23,858


Books Added by Purchase-Adult


208


Books Added by Purchase-Juvenile


84


292


Books Added by Gifts


32


Sets Added by Gifts


4


SCHOOL CIRCULATION 1943


Elementary Fiction


1,961


Elementary Non-Fiction


281


Magazines


22


Total


2,264


Secondary Fiction


146


Secondary Non-Fiction


264


Magazines


20


. Total


430


Total Elementary


2,264


Total Secondary


430


Total School


2,694


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NEW BOOKS ADDED DURING 1943


Fiction


Forest and the Fort


The Apostle


Love Comes Unseen


Mr. Fortune Finds a Pig


Washington U. S. A.


You Can't Escape


H. C. Bailey Baldwin Baldwin


Anchorage


Hills of Fear


Mrs. Parkington


The Promise


Thorn Apple Tree


Buck Campbell Carr Carroll


Lady in the Lake


Chandler Charteris


Merrivales


Colver


Mr. Lincoln's Wife


Colver


David


Cooper


Golden Grain


Corbett


Borrowed Husband


Corliss


Good-bye, My Son


Coryn


Incorruptible


Coryn


Pink Umbrella


Crane


Night Attack


Crosby


Affair at the Boat Landing


Cunningham Dawson


Slade


Deeping Dell Dinesson


Winter's Tales


Hungry Hill


Du Maurier Eberhart


Man Next Door


Allen Asch Ayers


Bassett Bechdolt Bromfield


Emperor's Snuff Box


Dunnybrook


Saint Steps In


Trail Boss


Johnny on the Spot


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Brave in the Saddle Anger in the Sky


Ermine Ertz Estes


Inconstant Flame


Citizen Tom Paine


Fast


Powder Valley Vengeance


Sheriff on the Spot


Colonel Effingham's Raid


The Ship


Shining Trail


Fuller


This Is Murder, Mr. Jones


Fuller Gardner Gardner


Wings At My Window


Govan


Lonely Trail


Gregory Greig


Wishing Star


Stairs of Sand


Grey Griffen


Tragedy at Law


Hare Hauck


Sweeter Woman


Hauck


A Woman Will or Won't


Hauck


Malta Epic


Hay Haycox Haycox


New Rivers Calling


Hendryx


Strange Doings at Halfday Creek


Hendryx


Spice Box


Hill


Sound of the Trumpet


Hill


>Through These Fires


Hill


Story of Doctor Wassell


Hilton


For Those in Peril


Holton


Whole Heart


Howe


Circle in the Water


Hull


Centennial Summer


Idell


Field Field Fleming Forester


Case of the Drowsy Mosquito


Case of the Smoking Chimney


Paradise Street


Evergreen House


Action by Night


Wild Bunch


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Happy Land Archibald the Great Jenny Devlin Also the Hills


We Followed Our Hearts to Hollywood


Affair of the Fainting Butler


Affair of the Jade Monkey


Lassie-Come-Home


Trade Mark of a Traitor


Gideon Planish


Bradshaws of Harness


Moscow Mystery


Death Came Softly


When Hearts Are Young Again


Wild Lilac


Crimson Quirt


The Weir


Rebel Ranger


So Little Time


Wall of Eyes


Vanishing Gun Slinger


Hunter's Moon


Color Scheme


Dominie's Daughter


McCord


Great Smith


But Gently Day


E. Marshall Nathan Norris Nathan


Corner of Heaven


Journal for Josephine


Mr. Mirakel


Oppenheim Olsen


Cat's Claw


My Friend Flicka


O'Hara


Thunderhead


O'Hara


Someone to Remember


Potts


When Lights Go Up Again


Patterson


Kantor Kelland Kerr


Keyes Kimbrough C. Knight C. Knight


E. Knight K. Knight Lewis Lincoln Litvinof Lorac Loring Miller


MacDonald Moore MacDonald Marquand Miller MacDonald Miller Marsh


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Blackout in Gretly Daylight on Saturday There Was An Old Woman Grizzley Meadows Hell and High Water Cheyne of the Rocking K


Winter Harbor Drinkers of the Wind


Mr. Wickers War


c/o Postmaster


Human Comedy


Bright Banners


Certain Doctor French


Airing in a Closed Carriage


· A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Rebel of Ronde Valley


Renegade Ranger


Snow


Taps for Private Tussie


Stuart


Kate Fennigate


Going, Going, Gone


Tarkington Taylor Thane


Dawn's Early Light


Accessory After the Fact


Hanging's Too Good


Border Bonanza


Hidden Blood


Thayer Thayer Tompkins Tuttle Waley (Trans.) Walling


Corpse By Any Other Name


Katherine Christian


Walpole


Indigo


Weston


Tall in the Saddle


Young


Non-Fiction


My War With Japan Under a Lucky Star


Alcott Andrews


Priestly Priestly Queen Robertson Raine Rodney Richmond Raswan Rose St. George Saroyan Seifert Seifert Shearing Smith Snow


Monkey


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Flying Furies Naturalist at Large Western Star


Pilot Bails Out


Suez to Singapore


What America Means to Me


The Saint John


Under Cover


Carlson


Moscoe Dateline


16 Famous British Plays


All We Are and All We Have


We Chinese Women


Primer for America


Cartoon Cavalcade


Craven


Connecticut Yankee


Cross


Journey Among Warriors


Curie


Sense of Humus


Damon


Kaiser Wakes the Doctors


de Kruif


Grow Your Own Vegetables


Dempsey


Treasury of World's Finest Folk Song


Deutsch


Kansas Irish


Driscoll Eberhart


Practical Book of Chinaware


Fisher


Mama's Bank Account


Forbes Fosdick


On Being a Real Person


Come In


Frost


Three Times I Bow


Glick Grew


The Chicago


Hansen Hay


Basic Mathematics


Hart


Little Locksmith


Hathaway Holt


George Washington Carver


Holmes


Prologue to New England


Howe


Young Lady Randolph


Kraus


Cassidy Cerf Chiang-Kai-Shek Mme. Chiang-Kai-Shek Coffin


Ayling Barbour Benet Blanding Brown Buck Cabell


Good Times at Your Picnic


Report From Tokyo


Malta Epic


Map of My Country (Poetry)


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30 Seconds Over Tokyo


Between Tears and Laughter


Wisdom of China and India


Leaves from an Old Washington Diary Your Child's Food


Heathen Days


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REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT


Work of the Department was very much curtailed during the year 1943 due to conditions brought on by the war.


There was a small amount of new construction with only four new services being installed. Many of the old services were cleaned and repaired.


Due to present government regulations, it is impossible for the Water Department to make any new extentions without first getting the government's approval.


The equipment of the Water Department remains in good condition at the close of the year, and there is a reasonable supply of tools on hand.


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REPORT OF THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE


No greater service since the inception of the Extension Serv- ice has been rendered Plymouth County towns than in 1943. Under wartime conditions the County Agricultural Agents, Home Demonstration Agents, and 4-H Club Agents of our county of- fice have contributed heavily to the wonderful record of pro- duction. The past year has seen thousands of new producers of food influenced in many ways directly or indirectly by County Aid to Agriculture. A great tribute is due the farmers of Amer- ica for their part in this war effort. The greatest production in history was achieved under the most severe handicaps.




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